Bonnie Bracy wrote
Even within the high income nations, the digital divides exist:
....
This is outlined in a new report,
Published Thursday, 6 July, 2006 - 10:08
The Digital Divide Report: ICT Diffusion Index, 2005
(UNCTAD/ITE/IPC/2006/5)
http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/6638
I wrote that report, and, as Bonnie states, it concludes that the digital
divide persists in spite of over a decade of hard work and strong emphasis
on policies encouraging privatization, competition, and independent
regulation (PCR).
The report argues that PCR policy has reached the point of diminishing
returns and, if we are to close the digital divide, we should consider the
construction of national and regional IP backbones (not access networks,
just the backbone up to a point of presense in a village). This is similar
to the strategy the US National Science Foundation used in connecting US
universities -- they provided a backbone, router and link to the backbone to
each campus.
I would appreciate comments and criticism for the proposal outlined in that
report. (It can be downloaded from:
http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/iteipc20065_en.pdf).
Larry Press
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